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Read on AO3: Light comes to with a gun in his hand, temple leaning on the hard barrel, finger on the trigger.

In which Light is not alone in his body.

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this death note fic im writing rn is gonna SLAP yall jsyk

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hello all! there have been so many excellent fics written this year. i have collected a nonexhaustive list of some favourites.

kompromat by @lightyaoigami

interpol detective inspector light yagami goes to a hotel bar in london and sees a familiar face. memory loss lawlight -- bittersweet and utterly beautiful. this is a rewrite of the author's 2022 fic; please treat yourself to the HD remaster.

bury us both by @neallo

mello and near through the years, in love and agony. gorgeous lesbian meronia with truly enthralling prose. multichapter, ongoing.

take me with you or let me follow by @god-of-this-new-blog

the one in which light desecrates L's grave. this made me insane btw. disconcerting and somehow profoundly tender -- i think about this constantly.

disciple by @catboymettaton

kira's loyal disciple awaits his god's return. beautiful, melancholy mikalight in a kira wins au.

locked and loaded by @twinknote

when in confinement, light has a plan to get his needs met. yotsuba arc light lays some plans to get himself laid. this is so hot and so fun and you should all read it immediately.

oh, she was no phoenix but a creature of the ash by @imusayo-oyasumi

"there's something about the death note that makes humans want to use it, just to try it out." exploring the idea that the death note truly does influence one to use it. this is a really hard concept to pull off without undermining the themes of the series and the author does a stunning job.

yurei by @skyborneveggie

sometimes light feels like he's losing touch with reality light, ft. depression. i loved this very much.

three mistakes and a revelation by @coralflower-ao3

it's not that light disagrees with kira, really. it's just that he believes he could do a better job. tbh i'm not sure how to describe this fic without spoiling the twist. the twist is fantastic, though. please just trust me and see for yourself.

one day by @oloreandil

a day in the life of mello and matt, after they survive canon. a twine game! this was posted at the very edge of december 2023 but w/e it's my rec list idc. this is so so cool and so so incredibly beautifully written. please treat yourself to this.

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Read on AO3: It's not that Light disagrees with Kira, really. It's just that he believes he could do a better job.

In which Light is not Kira, but somebody is.

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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they’re starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they’re reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there’s 10,000 other people that will continue…but if you participate in a fic “book club” server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don’t rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit “post”

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i’m going to say something that might make me seem ungrateful, but i think it’s true of many fic writers:

we want you to leave comments ON ao3.

we’re not angry or disappointed or anything like that when you leave qrts or lots of tags on our fic posts, not at all. we don’t NOT want you to message us to tell us how a fic touched you. but in addition to that, please consider just copying those words and posting them on ao3 as a comment.

why?

the reason is simple: leaving commentary in other places is ephemeral. story posts get pushed down. chats get pushed down in the list of chats, or worse, pushed up in lists of messages as the conversation continues. but comments on ao3 are easily accessible. and this is important because writers read and reread these comments regularly.

writing, especially writing longfics, is exhausting and drains your confidence over time. having a collection of people who enjoyed your past work at your fingertips is an excellent way to build yourself up when you’re feeling down. fic writers need this a lot.

i know over the past few years there’s this trend to be very descriptive with what is an “acceptable” comment. that’s all nonsense, as long as you’re not being an asshole, just say what’s on your heart.

but post it on ao3. please.

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i know this is soo late, but i saw the post about wanting to know when people are obsessed with your work. so.

hi, im obsessed with your work <3

omg tysm!!! im exactly 69 days late to this ask so no worries abt being late XD

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sharing a very sage bit of advice from The Simpsons' own John Swartzwelder that i've been trying to hamper down in my writing and drawing alike. let your inner crappy little elf do his worst

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No one knows what a proper crackship is around here. No wilbur/sally doesn't count because that's canon. the fridge/philza doesn't count either, because it is also technically canon. where are your really cracky ships. where is stuff like i dunno philza/mumbo jumbo, or grian/link legend of zelda, or jimmy solidarity/captain america, or scar/the anthropomorphic personification of the destruction of the american healthcare system

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server traits: unnecessary violence towards rendogs,

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What if I told you I shipped Chamberlain skekSil with Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg and it wasn’t a joke

Do you actually expect anything less bananas from me at this point

Anyway, I had to get an aesthetic of it up before AoR inevitably does something to prove why skekSil would never date a human war profiteer

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setting as character but also setting as gut.

characters as devoured objects slowly worked upon and transformed by the medium that surrounds them. plot as a digestion process using personalities under stress for fuel.

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If you are a fan fic writer and you're alright with people making fan art of your fic, reblog this 💚

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me, quietly whispering to the ao3 page of an author who doesn’t even know I exist: I am obsessed with you

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you're welcome, hermitcraft fandom

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Thank you for writing so much Joe hills fanfiction. I appreciate it , you really capture the Joe hills difference

ayyy thank you